IP Library Granted Patent US 11,314,280
Granted Patent B2
US 11,314,280 · App. 16/253,740 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Portable electronic device case assembly

Inventors: Michael Cooper Ferren (Camas, WA); Michael Heecheol Kim (Seattle, WA); Jaimie Emerald Chan (Renton, WA)
Assignee: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
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Patent No.
US 11,314,280
App. No.
16/253,740
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to an apparatus including a first frame shaped and sized to receive a tablet-shaped computing device; and a second frame shaped and sized to receive the first frame. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A case comprising: a first frame shaped and sized to receive a tablet-shaped computing device to couple with a display side of the tablet-shaped computing device; a second frame shaped and sized to receive the first frame, the second frame including a continuous back to obscure a back of the tablet-shaped computing device being received by the case; and one or more fasteners to contribute in coupling the first frame and the second frame together, the one or more fasteners including one or more screws, the first frame including one or more stems threaded for receiving the one or more screws, the second frame including one or more apertures positioned to align with the one or more stems of the first frame, wherein the first frame has an inner lip shaped and sized to abut with periphery of the tablet-shaped computing device, and wherein the first frame has an inner wall extending from the inner lip to abut with a front periphery of the tablet-shaped computing device without abutting with the display of the tablet-shaped computing device.

2. The case of claim 1 wherein the second frame includes an inner periphery and the first frame includes an outer lip shaped and sized to abut with the inner periphery of the second frame.

3. The case of claim 1 wherein the first frame has an aperture sized and shaped to provide visual access to a display of a tablet-shaped computing device being received by the first frame.

4. The case of claim 1 wherein the first frame is made of polycarbonate material.

5. The case of claim 1 wherein the second frame includes a first material having a first hardness and a second material having a second hardness less than the first hardness in terms of Shore A, Shore D, or Rockwell measurement standards.

6. The case of claim 5 wherein one or more portions of the second frame are made from one or more thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomer, or silicone materials.

7. The case of claim 1 wherein a portion of the first frame is contoured to provide access to a control of a tablet-sized being received by the first frame.

8. The case of claim 1 wherein the second frame includes a stand.

9. The case of claim 1 wherein the stand includes retracted and extended positions.

10. A case comprising: a first frame shaped and sized to receive a tablet-shaped computing device, the first frame has an inner lip shaped and sized to abut with a periphery of a first side of the tablet-shaped computing device; a second frame shaped and sized to receive the first frame and to abut with a second side of the tablet-shaped computing device; one or more fasteners; and one or more threaded stems to receive the one or more fasteners to couple the first frame and the second frame together to form the case to hold the table-shaped computing device therein, wherein the first frame has an inner wall extending from the inner lip to abut with a front periphery of the tablet-shaped computing device without abutting with the display of the table-shaped computing device.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 058601/0168 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2019
From: CHAN, JAIMIE EMERALD; FERREN, MICHAEL COOPER; KIM, MICHAEL HEECHEOL
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 048617/0485 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62620385 · Jan 22, 2018
Related Publication 20190227595A1 · Jul 25, 2019
Cited By (2)
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